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  • BON APPÉTIT

    BON APPÉTIT

    ‘Salt and pepper?’ ‘I’ll bring some over, sir. Any sauces?’ ‘Ketchup, please darling.’ He gave me that look. That look that they all have that ends by drifting from my face down to my chest and as I walk away I can feel his eyes staring at my rear. The uniform we’re made to wear…

    Iain Kelly

    20/10/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    Abuse, art, condiments, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, Friday Fictioneers, humour, insinuation, literature, loogie, painting, revenge, service, sexual, Short Story, spit, story, waiter, waitress, Writing, writing prompt
  • CAN YOU SEE?

    CAN YOU SEE?

    Close your eyes. What do you see? Do you see me? Us? Snapshots. A picture in a frame. Look closer. Do you see our life? A life? Any sign of life? Do those snapshots add up to anything? Does it mean anything? I see you. You, with those dark brown eyes. You, with that pale…

    Iain Kelly

    06/10/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    creative writing, Death, eyes, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, life, literature, loss, love, melancholy, pilosophical, pondering, seeing, Short Story, sight, story, thoughtful, wonder, Writing, writing prompt
  • RIGHTEOUS REVOLUTION

    RIGHTEOUS REVOLUTION

    Elevating elevators lifting the righteous rich towards Heaven. Glittering gold and shimmering sheen. Momentous money mountains. Malevolent me, here to enact vicious vengeance. They can’t / won’t / must not get away with it. Litigious lawyers run rings round rigged rulings. Judges adjudicate in favour of backhand bribes. The little man misses out. The little…

    Iain Kelly

    22/09/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    alliteration, bullet, cop, creative writing, crime, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, hero, justice, law, lawyers, literature, martyr, noir, police, power, privilege, revenge, rich, scene, Short Story, snippet, soliticers, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt
  • PUBLISHING NEWS

    PUBLISHING NEWS

    I’ve been away from my blog for a while, enjoying a busy summer of work at the day job and some family time. I haven’t been ignoring my writing completely though, and I’m delighted to announce I have signed a contract to have my next novel published in the UK by The Book Guild Ltd.…

    Iain Kelly

    16/09/2021
    Books, creative writing, Literature, Media, novel, Publishing, Writing
    announcement, book, creative writing, Fiction, literature, news, novel, Publishing, self-publishing, the barra boy, Writing
  • BOOK REVIEW – VETERAN by SUSANNE PERRY

    BOOK REVIEW – VETERAN by SUSANNE PERRY

    The Blurb: A Gulf War veteran haunted by his past and living on the street, is accused of a vicious crime. Although the evidence points in his direction, he claims to be innocent. Why does he refuse to aid in his own defense? Lieutenant Liz Jordan and Officer Kyle Connors want to believe him, but…

    Iain Kelly

    05/08/2021
    book review, Books, creative writing, novel, Review
    book, book review, city streets trilogy, creative writing, Fiction, indie author, literature, novel, Publishing, Review, reviews, runaway, susanne perry, veteran, Writing
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